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# Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.22

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.22

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.1)

Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṃ, ānanda, anekasataṃ khattiyaparisaṃ upasaṅkamitā.

> I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of aristocrats.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.2)

Tatrapi mayā sannisinnapubbañceva sallapitapubbañca sākacchā ca samāpajjitapubbā.

> There I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.3)

Tattha yādisako tesaṃ vaṇṇo hoti, tādisako mayhaṃ vaṇṇo hoti. Yādisako tesaṃ saro hoti, tādisako mayhaṃ saro hoti.

> And my appearance and voice became just like theirs.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.4)

Dhammiyā kathāya sandassemi samādapemi samuttejemi sampahaṃsemi.

> I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.5)

Bhāsamānañca maṃ na jānanti:

> But when I spoke they didn’t know:  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.6)

‘ko nu kho ayaṃ bhāsati devo vā manusso vā’ti?

> ‘Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?’  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.7)

Dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā antaradhāyāmi.

> And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.8)

Antarahitañca maṃ na jānanti:

> But when I vanished they didn’t know:  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.22.9)

‘ko nu kho ayaṃ antarahito devo vā manusso vā’ti?

> ‘Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?’  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

## Translations (5)

- [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.3.22.1) — Russian
- [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.3.22.1) — German
- [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.3.22.1) — sr
- [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.3.22.1) — English
- [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.3.22) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Parisāsutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.8.69.1.6) — Pāli

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